Claim · #6496283
Pathogens and pests (multiple) · pest pressure · Solanum tuberosum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“17.2% (8.1 to 21%) in potato”
- Authors
- Savary S., Willocquet L., Pethybridge S. J., Esker P., McRoberts N., Nelson A.
- Year
- 2019
- Publication
- Nature Ecology & Evolution
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Global potato yield-loss estimate of 17.2% (8.1-21%) matches Savary et al. 2019 expert-elicitation Nat Ecol Evol synthesis. Aggregate 'multi-pest complex' framing is appropriate for that survey's methodology and is consistent with agroecological knowledge of potato systems.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“17.2% mean yield loss to combined pests/pathogens in potato is well-established in horticultural literature and consistent with late blight, viruses, Colorado potato beetle, and nematode pressures collectively. Range is reasonable across production systems.”
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